Radiator-box base end closure



Aug. 19, 1930. Q C, sHlPP i 1,773,469

' RADIATOR BOX BASE END CLOSURE e Filed Oct. 2l, 1929 i Patent ed-rAug.v `l1Q, ,1930

` eraan-Non. o. "serra or inpraneroms. rumana Y1mi);Aron-Boxfrese. VEND oLosUR This invention relates to housing boxes for steam or hot water radiators "and deals par ticularly with means' for obtaining a tight fit of theboxbaseahoutginterconnecting nip- 5 plesofftheradiator c oilsV or sections.

i The radiator boxes referred to herein arev 'housirlgrfy about' radiator sections through which' an'N mayl he drawn and passedv across Vthesection's `for the purpose of heating and l 10 Ventilating-a vroem. The hoX hase is that part of the' housing which encloses thelower ends ofthe sections. Y Heretoforefl considerable diculty has beenencountered in providingafsuitable yclosure of the hoX base 15 around the section-connecting nipples so as to provide a tight closure so as to prevent air from leaking out onto the ioorof the room. g

Itis the primaryobject of this invention 20 to provide a simple and eiiicient means yfor readily closing a gap in the end of the box base that will -also'serve as means 'for retains ing the upper housing in alignment across `its junctiony with its hoxhase. Another'oloject also is to vprovide such means as may be in serted after. the. radiator and .looxv hase Vare assembled one withthe other. Another object resides in the economy'eifected bythe employment of the invention inthe saving goof material as wellasof labor in installatio.. f 'i' Theseand other objects will become appar.-y

ent in the following description of the inven- Like characters of referencefindicate like 'parts throughoutthe Vseveral viewsfin the i 'i drawing.

hase tovwhich my in-Y section on theline in Y Fig. 4,5. modiied fel-rn of theclovsure plate 5 f Referring rst to Fig. 1f, a basel@ vis i ,ifApplcato'n tiled October 21, 1929. Serial 401,12.k l

ittedjaroundk the lower ends 'ot the central sections' 11i of aradiator'with a U-shaped .opening 12 cut"through Veach'end fromthe upper edge to permit the passage thereacross of the 'connecting `nipples v13 between theiu ner section 11 and" the outer section 14.V

Supporte'dfhy the hase 10 is thehousing 1 15 made in two sectionshaving ends 16 yand -17' hent'aroundto pass'hetween-the radiator Such construction; however, :leaves a.

sections, allinthe usual and well known man-V gap above the nipple 13 and the lower ends 1 6 -f y and 171through'the end of the baise 1 0 through Vwhich air maylpass.v The piece'lS cut from If the top of the U-:shaped hole 1 2 is utilized and `Secured to afplate 'lgwhich has its upperend,

f Fig. .25V bent around; and downwardly over the piece18- for a l'distance and thence around fand"upwardly/Ito form, a channel QO'into which the flowerfedgesof theends 16 and l may heentered and yiel'dingly retained when the plate 19 lis slipped downwardly on the iusidejot theend ofthe base 1Q with the ypiece 18 serving.; as a l"guide against. the vertical edges of theJupper yportion of the liole12. Since the piecei 18. isvot thesame thickness asthat'of'tliefend 10,' the hack side ofthe Y channelv 20 in addition'to servinglas a meems' of .retaining the endsf16 and 17 in alignment `channel 2O vwillfcontact theiouter vaeeot. the A hoX base end'fand.gripy it therealong. The" Si? also.` additionally-serves kasa' means forire-V tainingthe yplatefl) incontact againstzthej innerlface ofthe .boirloase end aswell as. re-

ltaining' 'they piece 181 carried thereonwithin thelupperfgapfotthe hole 12 therehy"f'orrn- V.lugayclose:snugj tgcompletelyclosing tthe V'gap'left?intliehoir base end abovethenippleff e 13A-By reason :ofthe 'piec'ef 1 8 being carried as above indicated, the plate i19f-is prevented l* wardlly, then upwardly/and baeldel n-ward of which is the under edge of thefplate a face of the box box base metal. Y

wt is thus to be seen in the foregoing deseription that the heretofore troublesome problem of edectinga closure about the radiator section connecting nipple issolved and that a very neat structure is effected that performs the combined function of closing the gap above the nipple as Well as receiving, operating, and aligningthe ends of the radiator housing all accomplished by simply inserting the plate 19 into position without the need of tools or additional parts.

I claim:

l. In a radiator boX, a base having a radiator section nipple opening out through one end from the upper edge, a plate adapted to Contact the tace of the base end hafing its lower end cut tot snugly over a nipple noing through said opening, and a chan- Ategrally formed along the top edge ot he plate to l'ioolf; over the top edge `of said ase and present an opening into the channel along the top side,rand a piece carried 'by said plate having guiding edges'adagtedto Contact the sides of said opening.;V

2. Ina radiator box, a boxbase havingl a 'kl-shaped opening lout down from the top edge in ,anv end 'of the base, a housing having an adjoining end extending across the end oi said base, a'plate having an' upper hook engaging over the lop edge ofthe base to carry said plate across said opening, and achannel `extending from the plateand receiving the under edges of said housing ends therein, the under side of said plate being cut away in aseini-circle whereby a substantially circular hole is liormedv in the base end,the 'upper boundary oi' which is the under edge oi" theplate and the lower boundary of which is the lower end of said opening.

3. In al radiator box, vabox base. having a U-shaped opening'cut down from the top end by the thickness of the edge in an end ofuthebase, ahousing havingl Y Vadjoining ends extending across the end ol said base, a plate having an upper hook engaging'over the top edgeoin theV base to carry said platel across said opening, 'and channel extending from the-plate and. receiving' the under edges ot said housing ends therein, the under side of said plate being eut away whereby afsubstantially circular hole is formed in thev base end, the upper bonndfriY d the lower boundary ofriv'hioh is the lower end Y of'said opening, and a piece Vear-"fied by said l*plate lilling in Ysaid opening above said hole.

' e. A newr articleV et' manufacture comprising' al plat-e haringen semiloircular ,shaped Y lower edge and a channel aerossrits top formed by bending the tep'endaren-1ddew-nand linallyi'upwardly', the channel end belonger than :the lowerend.Y f Y f f 5.v A new artiele of mannfaet-u-re een-aprising a plate having a semi-circular shaped eurved substantially semi-circular, the upper end of said depending member being engaged by said channel member, and the lateral edges et the depending l1,1l61nber being sul stantially tangential Vto the curve of its 'c er side, and a plate extending from each lateral edge or" the depending member spaced parallel to but rearwardly from its front 7. A radiator box base opening closure comprising a horizontal member adapted to ouvrageover the edge of the box, and a plate depending from said member, and a piece Ve: m.

in a parallel plane with -the plate to lit in said opening.v c

In testimony whereol:l I ax my s1gnat-ure-- CLARENCE C.. SHIP-P. 

